Toy racing set with exploding raceway

Abstract

A toy playset including a bridge which may be used in a road racing set to emulate the occurence of an explosion. The playset includes a launcher and a toy bridge with a track portion and an actuating device. The track portion includes at least one element thereof which may be operated by the actuating device to project a toy vehicle passing thereover in a manner simulating an explosion.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A toy bridge for a toy race set comprising a roadway defining a path of travel for toy vehicles, a rotating section of the roadway being mounted to pivot about an axis paralleling the path of travel of the roadway, trigger means responsive to user command for causing the rotating portion of the roadway to rotate out of the path of travel thereby interrupting the path of travel, at least one spring-loaded overhead bridge element rotatably mounted to pivot about an axis perpendicular to the path of the roadway, means for retaining the overhead bridge element in a position covering the roadway, and means responsive to the trigger means for releasing the overhead bridge element to rotate upwardly from the roadway simultaneously with the rotation of the rotating section of the roadway out of the path of travel. 
     
     
       2. A toy bridge for a toy race set as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a roadway defining a path of travel for toy vehicles, a first section normally positioned in the roadway and mounted to pivot about an axis so that it may be rotated out of the path of travel of the roadway thereby interrupting the path of travel, a second section being mounted to pivot about an axis so that it may be rotated into the normal position of the first section, and trigger means responsive to user command for simultaneously rotating the first section out of the roadway and the second section into the roadway so that for a short selectable period of time the path of travel is interrupted. 
     
     
       3. A toy bridge as claimed in claim 2 further comprising means for remotely actuating the trigger means.